Stove-lid lifter.



No. 741,835. PATENTED 001*. 20, 1903. J. P. ROSE.

STOVE LID LIFTER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY17. 1903:

N0 MODEL.

IN YEN TOR Jae 272]? we WITNESSES A TTORNEYS Patented October 20, 1903.

i PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. ROSE, OF TIVERTON, RHODE ISLAND.

STOVE-LID LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 741,835, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed July 17, 1903. Serial No. 165,913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. RosE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tiverton, in the county of Newport and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-LidLifters, of which the following is a specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to stove-lid lifters; and the object thereof isto provide animproved device of this class which may be used for variousother purposes, as hereinafter described.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separatepartsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a plan view showing myimproved stove-lid lifter applied to a stove or range for the purpose oflifting the lid, and Fig. 2 a sectional side view thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a stove-lid lifter whichcomprises a handle or, having a shank of, the end of which is providedwith a hook member a and the shank a is connected with the handle a, byan inclined portion a. The hook member is provided with transverse lugsor projections a in the usual manner, and the shank a is also providedwith an enlarged flat supporting member (1 at one side of which is ahammer b and at the other side a screw-driver c. The shank a is alsoprovided with a foot member (1, having a toe or projection 01*, whichextends in the direction of the handle a, and said handle is provided inone side thereof with angular recesses e, 6 and e whereby said handle isadapted to serve as a wrench, said recesses being of different sizes,and formed longitudinally in the handle a is an opening f, which iswedge-shaped in form at one end and whereby said handle may also be usedas a wrench for turning nuts of sizes smaller than those which areadapted to be turned by means of the angular recesses e, 6 and a I havealso shown in the drawings a part of a stove or range g having a lid h,and this lid is provided with the usual recess or depression 2', havinga transverse bar j, in connection with which the hook member a of thelid-lifter operates in the usual manner.

The flat portion or support a is intended to serve as a support orholder for a coffeepot or other vessel, a portion of which is indicatedin dotted lines at m in Fig. 2. It is frequently desirable to place avessel of this class in such a position that the contents thereof willpartially cool without becoming cold, and in this event the stove-lidlifter is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the cofiee-pot orother vessel is placed thereon, as clearly indicated, and the stove-lidlifter may thus be made to support a cofieepot or similar vessel when itis desired to partially cool the contents thereof, the said pot or othervessel being held closely adjacent to the stove or range without beingplaced directly thereupon.

By means of the foot member 61 and toe or projection (1 thereof thelid-lifter may also be made to serve for lifting a pot or similar vesselhaving a bail, and it will thus be seen that by means of theimprovements herein described I providea stove-lid lifter which isadapted to serve for many other purposes.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A stove-lid lifter, comprising ahandle portion provided at one end witha shank member at the end of which is a hook member, adownwardly-directed foot member connected with a shank member adjacentto the hook member, and adapted to rest on a stove or range when thedevice is applied thereto in the operation of lifting a lid, said shankbeing also provided with a flat support, substantially as shown anddescribed:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of July,1903.

JOSEPH F. ROSE.

Witnesses:

IRVING D. HUMPHREY, JOHN A. PENNET.

